Quiz7 Flashcards
What year was the Berlin Blockade
1948
What year was the Berlin Wall erected
1961
What year was the Cuban Missile Crisis
1962
Goulash communism
Khrushchev’s phrase for “adding meat to the pot for every table”
The Marshall Plan
Set forth in 1947 to counter Soviet expansion and to speed up European recovery. One of the most successful foreign initiatives.
Truman Doctrine
Committed US to defend governments threatened by communist subversion
Warsaw Pact
Made communist governments of Eastern Europe military allies
Khrushchev’s feelings about the Berlin Wall
He was partially responsible for its erection
Cuban Missile Crisis
1962 Khrushchev placed nuclear armed missiles in Cuba in response to a failed US invasion of Cuba.
Great Leap Forward
Mao Zedong’s attempt at overnight industrialization
Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
Mao’s attack on the older generations. He used Taliban or students to publicly humiliate professors, doctors were made to scrub floors in their hospitals, and scholars were abused for having foreign language books
Korean War (years)
1950-1953
Root causes of poverty in former third world countries
Only produced raw materials, unskilled labor, few opportunities for higher education and economic advancement. Even after they gained independence there are still high tariffs on finished goods
Which African colony was the first to gain independence
Gold Coast (Ghana)
Meaning of Ostpolitik
German term for Brandt’s 1960’s policy of pursuing normalized relations with west Germany’s neighbors to the east
Frances relationship with NATO during DeGaulle’s presidency
France withdrew from NATO
Decolonization: British & French vs. Belgains, Dutch & Portuguese
British & French retained a position of privilege and influence while Belgains, Dutch & Portuguese were all forced from their Asian and African possessions
Causes of decolonization
Rising nationalism in Asia and Africa, Loss of European moral authority, Temporary prostration of Europe, and opposition to the continuation of colonies in both allied war aims and US policy
What happened to the great proletarian culture revolution after Mao died
It was condemned as a mistake
Misapplied technology
Technology took away more jobs while there was already a shortage on available work.
Hindus and Muslims in post-colonial India
Divided between antagonist Hindu and Muslim segments. India was mostly Hindu and Pakistan and Bangladesh was mostly Muslim. Rise of religious intolerance among them… Hindu attacked and destroys mosques and the Kashmir problem became the focus of Muslim terrorist attacks and exchange of gunfire between Indian and Pakistani armies.
What group of people were viewed by Mao as the true foundation of the revolution
Peasants
How did Japan react to MacArthur’s reforms during occupancy
They accepted them almost with criticism.
The green revolution
Fertilizers and hybrids caused an increase in corn, rice and wheat
